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Frank Foreman

Francis Isaiah Foreman (Monkey)

Positions: Pitcher and Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: May 1, 1863 in Baltimore, MD (All Transactions)
Debut: May 15, 1884
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Reds/Statesmen/Senators/Chicago/Pittsburgh/... 1884-1902

Final Game: May 10, 1902
Died: November 19, 1957 in Baltimore, MD
Buried: St. Mary Cemetery, Baltimore, MD
Relatives: Brother of Brownie Foreman
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1884 21 TOT UA 1 3 .250 4.50 4 4 0 2 0 0 26.0 40 29 13 0 4 15 5 125 69 1.692 13.8 0.0 1.4 5.2 3.75
1884 21 CPI UA 1 2 .333 4.00 3 3 0 1 0 0 18.0 23 17 8 0 2 10 3 81 78 1.389 11.5 0.0 1.0 5.0 5.00
1884 21 KCC UA 0 1 .000 5.63 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 17 12 5 0 2 5 2 44 54 2.375 19.1 0.0 2.3 5.6 2.50
1885 22 BAL AA 2 1 .667 6.00 3 3 0 2 0 0 27.0 33 32 18 0 9 11 1 0 6 126 56 1.556 11.0 0.0 3.0 3.7 1.22
1889 26 BAL AA 23 21 .523 3.52 51 48 3 43 5 0 414.0 364 257 162 8 137 180 40 36 1768 107 1.210 7.9 0.2 3.0 3.9 1.31
1890 27 CIN NL 13 10 .565 3.95 25 24 1 20 0 0 198.1 201 139 87 6 89 57 20 0 7 899 92 1.462 9.1 0.3 4.0 2.6 0.64
1891 28 WAS AA 18 20 .474 3.73 43 41 2 39 1 1 345.1 381 245 143 9 142 170 43 0 14 1593 99 1.514 9.9 0.2 3.7 4.4 1.20
1892 29 TOT NL 2 7 .222 4.34 15 10 5 6 0 0 85.0 93 68 41 7 48 21 6 0 2 402 77 1.659 9.8 0.7 5.1 2.2 0.44
1892 29 WHS NL 2 4 .333 3.30 11 7 4 4 0 0 60.0 53 39 22 3 37 16 5 0 1 275 99 1.500 8.0 0.5 5.6 2.4 0.43
1892 29 BLN NL 0 3 .000 6.84 4 3 1 2 0 0 25.0 40 29 19 4 11 5 1 0 1 127 51 2.040 14.4 1.4 4.0 1.8 0.45
1893 30 NYG NL 0 1 .000 27.00 2 1 1 0 0 0 5.2 19 17 17 1 10 0 1 0 0 47 18 5.118 30.2 1.6 15.9 0.0 0.00
1895 32 CIN NL 11 14 .440 4.11 32 27 5 19 0 1 219.0 253 142 100 11 92 55 15 0 3 995 121 1.575 10.4 0.5 3.8 2.3 0.60
1896 33 CIN NL 14 7 .667 3.97 27 22 4 17 0 1 185.2 212 110 82 2 62 33 8 0 4 815 116 1.476 10.3 0.1 3.0 1.6 0.53
1901 38 TOT AL 12 7 .632 3.88 25 23 2 19 1 1 199.1 233 129 86 3 60 42 8 0 5 876 99 1.470 10.5 0.1 2.7 1.9 0.70
1901 38 BOS AL 0 1 .000 9.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 8 9 8 1 2 1 2 0 0 35 42 1.250 9.0 1.1 2.3 1.1 0.50
1901 38 BLA AL 12 6 .667 3.67 24 22 2 18 1 1 191.1 225 120 78 2 58 41 6 0 5 841 105 1.479 10.6 0.1 2.7 1.9 0.71
1902 39 BLA AL 0 2 .000 6.06 2 2 0 2 0 0 16.1 28 18 11 0 6 2 0 0 0 80 63 2.082 15.4 0.0 3.3 1.1 0.33
11 Yrs 96 93 .508 3.97 229 205 23 169 7 4 1721.2 1857 1186 760 47 659 586 142 0 82 7726 100 1.461 9.7 0.2 3.4 3.1 0.89
162 Game Avg. 15 15 .508 3.97 36 32 4 26 1 1 270 291 186 119 7 103 92 0 13 1211 100 1.461 9.7 0.2 3.4 3.1 0.89
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
BLN (3 yrs) 25 25 .500 3.84 58 54 4 47 5 0 466.0 437 318 199 12 157 196 42 0 43 2021 97 1.275 8.4 0.2 3.0 3.8 1.25
CIN (3 yrs) 38 31 .551 4.01 84 73 10 56 0 2 603.0 666 391 269 19 243 145 43 0 14 2709 110 1.507 9.9 0.3 3.6 2.2 0.60
WHS (2 yrs) 20 24 .455 3.66 54 48 6 43 1 1 405.1 434 284 165 12 179 186 48 0 15 1868 99 1.512 9.6 0.3 4.0 4.1 1.04
BLA (2 yrs) 12 8 .600 3.86 26 24 2 20 1 1 207.2 253 138 89 2 64 43 6 0 5 921 100 1.526 11.0 0.1 2.8 1.9 0.67
NYG (1 yr) 0 1 .000 27.00 2 1 1 0 0 0 5.2 19 17 17 1 10 0 1 0 0 47 18 5.118 30.2 1.6 15.9 0.0 0.00
CPI (1 yr) 1 2 .333 4.00 3 3 0 1 0 0 18.0 23 17 8 0 2 10 3 81 78 1.389 11.5 0.0 1.0 5.0 5.00
BOS (1 yr) 0 1 .000 9.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 8 9 8 1 2 1 2 0 0 35 42 1.250 9.0 1.1 2.3 1.1 0.50
KCC (1 yr) 0 1 .000 5.63 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 17 12 5 0 2 5 2 44 54 2.375 19.1 0.0 2.3 5.6 2.50
NL (5 yrs) 40 39 .506 4.24 101 84 16 62 0 2 693.2 778 476 327 27 301 166 50 0 16 3158 101 1.556 10.1 0.4 3.9 2.2 0.55
AL (2 yrs) 12 9 .571 4.05 27 25 2 21 1 1 215.2 261 147 97 3 66 44 8 0 5 956 95 1.516 10.9 0.1 2.8 1.8 0.67
AA (3 yrs) 43 42 .506 3.70 97 92 5 84 6 1 786.1 778 534 323 17 288 361 84 0 56 3487 100 1.356 8.9 0.2 3.3 4.1 1.25
UA (1 yr) 1 3 .250 4.50 4 4 0 2 0 0 26.0 40 29 13 0 4 15 5 125 69 1.692 13.8 0.0 1.4 5.2 3.75

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1884 21 CPI UA 18.0 3 3 17 8.50 5.75 -0.19 0.00 100.0 5.94 -5 -0.4 -0.0 -0.5 -5 .361 .497 $
1884 21 KCC UA 8.0 1 1 12 13.50 5.83 -0.68 0.00 93.0 6.05 -7 -0.4 -0.0 -0.4 -7 .141 .498 $
1885 22 BAL AA 27.0 3 3 32 10.67 5.57 -0.42 0.00 101.0 6.05 -14 -0.9 -0.0 -0.8 -13 .208 .495 $
1889 26 BAL AA 414.0 51 48 257 5.59 6.12 -0.08 0.00 98.0 6.08 30 2.6 1.0 -0.3 4.2 51 .551 .516 $
1890 27 CIN NL 198.1 25 24 139 6.31 5.57 0.44 0.00 102.0 5.23 -18 -1.5 1.0 -0.4 -0.1 -2 .440 .491 $
1891 28 WAS AA 345.1 43 41 245 6.39 5.98 -0.82 0.00 99.0 6.73 18 1.6 1.0 -0.3 3.1 36 .537 .510 $
1892 29 WHS NL 60.0 11 7 39 5.85 5.13 -0.12 0.00 99.0 5.19 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.0 0.2 3 .472 .498 $
1892 29 BLN NL 25.0 4 3 29 10.44 5.09 -0.70 0.00 105.0 6.08 -12 -0.9 1.0 -0.0 -0.7 -9 .283 .495 $
1893 30 NYG NL 5.2 2 1 17 27.00 6.54 0.20 0.00 99.0 6.27 -13 -0.7 1.0 -0.0 -0.6 -12 .169 .496 $
1895 32 CIN NL 219.0 32 27 142 5.84 6.56 0.03 0.00 104.0 6.79 30 2.4 1.0 -0.2 4.1 51 .575 .515 $
1896 33 CIN NL 185.2 27 22 110 5.33 6.03 0.44 0.00 106.0 5.93 17 1.5 1.0 -0.2 2.9 34 .554 .509 $
1901 38 BOS AL 8.0 1 1 9 10.13 5.33 0.45 0.00 97.0 4.73 -5 -0.3 -0.0 -0.2 -4 .206 .498 $
1901 38 BLA AL 191.1 24 22 120 5.64 5.31 -0.39 0.00 105.0 5.98 10 1.0 1.0 -0.1 2.6 29 .541 .506 $
1902 39 BLA AL 16.1 2 2 18 9.92 4.86 -0.83 0.00 105.0 5.98 -7 -0.5 -0.0 -0.4 -5 .246 .497 $
11 Seasons 1721.2 229 205 1186 6.20 5.91 -0.16 0.00 101.3 6.13 23 3.2 1.0 -1.7 13.4 148 .514 .501 $
BLN (3 yrs) 466.0 58 54 318 6.14 6.03 -0.13 0.00 98.5 6.08 5 0.9 1.0 -0.4 2.7 29 .515 .502 $
CIN (3 yrs) 603.0 84 73 391 5.84 6.07 0.29 0.00 104.0 6.01 29 2.4 1.0 -0.7 6.9 84 .528 .505 $
WHS (2 yrs) 405.1 54 48 284 6.31 5.85 -0.71 0.00 99.0 6.50 15 1.3 1.0 -0.4 3.3 39 .524 .504 $
BLA (2 yrs) 207.2 26 24 138 5.98 5.27 -0.42 0.00 105.0 5.98 4 0.5 1.0 -0.1 2.2 24 .518 .501 $
NYG (1 yr) 5.2 2 1 17 27.00 6.54 0.20 0.00 99.0 6.27 -13 -0.7 1.0 -0.0 -0.6 -12 .169 .496 $
CPI (1 yr) 18.0 3 3 17 8.50 5.75 -0.19 0.00 100.0 5.94 -5 -0.4 -0.0 -0.5 -5 .361 .497 $
BOS (1 yr) 8.0 1 1 9 10.13 5.33 0.45 0.00 97.0 4.73 -5 -0.3 -0.0 -0.2 -4 .206 .498 $
KCC (1 yr) 8.0 1 1 12 13.50 5.83 -0.68 0.00 93.0 6.05 -7 -0.4 -0.0 -0.4 -7 .141 .498 $

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1884 21 1 3 .250 4.50 4 4 0 2 0 0 26.0 40 29 13 0 4 15 5 125 69 1.692 13.8 0.0 1.4 5.2 3.75 69
1885 22 3 4 .429 5.26 7 7 0 4 0 0 53.0 73 61 31 0 13 26 1 0 11 251 61 1.623 12.4 0.0 2.2 4.4 2.00 61
1886 23 3 4 .429 5.26 7 7 0 4 0 0 53.0 73 61 31 0 13 26 1 0 11 251 61 1.623 12.4 0.0 2.2 4.4 2.00 61
1887 24 3 4 .429 5.26 7 7 0 4 0 0 53.0 73 61 31 0 13 26 1 0 11 251 61 1.623 12.4 0.0 2.2 4.4 2.00 61
1888 25 3 4 .429 5.26 7 7 0 4 0 0 53.0 73 61 31 0 13 26 1 0 11 251 61 1.623 12.4 0.0 2.2 4.4 2.00 61
1889 26 26 25 .510 3.72 58 55 3 47 5 0 467.0 437 318 193 8 150 206 41 0 47 2019 100 1.257 8.4 0.2 2.9 4.0 1.37 100
1890 27 39 35 .527 3.79 83 79 4 67 5 0 665.1 638 457 280 14 239 263 61 0 54 2918 97 1.318 8.6 0.2 3.2 3.6 1.10 97
1891 28 57 55 .509 3.77 126 120 6 106 6 1 1010.2 1019 702 423 23 381 433 104 0 68 4511 98 1.385 9.1 0.2 3.4 3.9 1.14 98
1892 29 59 62 .488 3.81 141 130 11 112 6 1 1095.2 1112 770 464 30 429 454 110 0 70 4913 96 1.406 9.1 0.2 3.5 3.7 1.06 96
1893 30 59 63 .484 3.93 143 131 12 112 6 1 1101.1 1131 787 481 31 439 454 111 0 70 4960 93 1.426 9.2 0.3 3.6 3.7 1.03 93
1894 31 59 63 .484 3.93 143 131 12 112 6 1 1101.1 1131 787 481 31 439 454 111 0 70 4960 93 1.426 9.2 0.3 3.6 3.7 1.03 93
1895 32 70 77 .476 3.96 175 158 17 131 6 2 1320.1 1384 929 581 42 531 509 126 0 73 5955 98 1.450 9.4 0.3 3.6 3.5 0.96 98
1896 33 84 84 .500 3.96 202 180 21 148 6 3 1506.0 1596 1039 663 44 593 542 134 0 77 6770 100 1.454 9.5 0.3 3.5 3.2 0.91 100
1897 34 84 84 .500 3.96 202 180 21 148 6 3 1506.0 1596 1039 663 44 593 542 134 0 77 6770 100 1.454 9.5 0.3 3.5 3.2 0.91 100
1898 35 84 84 .500 3.96 202 180 21 148 6 3 1506.0 1596 1039 663 44 593 542 134 0 77 6770 100 1.454 9.5 0.3 3.5 3.2 0.91 100
1899 36 84 84 .500 3.96 202 180 21 148 6 3 1506.0 1596 1039 663 44 593 542 134 0 77 6770 100 1.454 9.5 0.3 3.5 3.2 0.91 100
1900 37 84 84 .500 3.96 202 180 21 148 6 3 1506.0 1596 1039 663 44 593 542 134 0 77 6770 100 1.454 9.5 0.3 3.5 3.2 0.91 100
1901 38 96 91 .513 3.95 227 203 23 167 7 4 1705.1 1829 1168 749 47 653 584 142 0 82 7646 100 1.455 9.7 0.2 3.4 3.1 0.89 100
1902 39 96 93 .508 3.97 229 205 23 169 7 4 1721.2 1857 1186 760 47 659 586 142 0 82 7726 100 1.461 9.7 0.2 3.4 3.1 0.89 100

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1884 21 4 3 .571 3.32 65.0 81 27 24 0 8 38 0 1.369 11.2 1.1 5.3 4.75 0.0 4
1885 22 2 2 .500 4.19 43.0 43 22 20 0 12 17 1 1.279 9.0 2.5 3.6 1.42 0.0 3
1889 26 39 16 .709 2.51 502.0 364 156 140 8 137 218 40 0.998 6.5 2.5 3.9 1.59 0.1 51
1890 27 18 9 .667 2.92 250.0 213 90 81 6 94 72 21 1.228 7.7 3.4 2.6 0.77 0.2 25
1891 28 36 17 .679 2.69 478.0 435 159 143 10 162 235 49 1.249 8.2 3.1 4.4 1.45 0.2 43
1892 29 6 4 .600 3.58 93.0 91 41 37 7 47 23 6 1.484 8.8 4.5 2.2 0.49 0.7 15
1893 30 0 0 15.00 9.0 20 17 15 1 11 0 1 3.444 20.0 11.0 0.0 0.00 1.0 2
1895 32 22 9 .710 2.49 286.0 248 88 79 11 90 72 15 1.182 7.8 2.8 2.3 0.80 0.3 32
1896 33 18 8 .692 2.66 237.0 217 78 70 2 63 42 8 1.181 8.2 2.4 1.6 0.67 0.1 27
1901 38 17 9 .654 3.00 240.0 244 89 80 3 63 51 8 1.279 9.2 2.4 1.9 0.81 0.1 25
1902 39 1 1 .500 5.21 19.0 31 12 11 0 7 2 0 2.000 14.7 3.3 0.9 0.29 0.0 2
11 Yrs 163 78 .676 2.84 2222.0 1987 779 700 48 694 770 149 1.207 8.0 3.1 1.11 0.2 229

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1889 AA  4.2 (8th)
1891 AA  3.1 (9th)

Wins s c a p y
1889 AA  23 (8th)
1891 AA  18 (10th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1896 NL  .667 (7th)
1901 AL  .632 (7th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1889 AA  1.210 (2nd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1889 AA  7.913 (4th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1891 AA  4.431 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
1889 AA  51 (8th)
1891 AA  43 (10th)

Saves s c a p y
1891 AA  1 (5th)
1896 NL  1 (4th)
1901 AL  1 (2nd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1889 AA  414.0 (7th)
1891 AA  345.3 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1889 AA  180 (8th)
1891 AA  170 (7th)

Games Started s c a p y
1889 AA  48 (7th)
1891 AA  41 (9th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1889 AA  43 (8th)
1891 AA  39 (7th)
Career  169 (188th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1889 AA  5 (3rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1895 NL  11 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1889 AA  137 (7th)
1891 AA  142 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1891 AA  381 (6th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1889 AA  1.314 (8th)
1891 AA  1.197 (9th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1889 AA  0.174 (7th)
1896 NL  0.097 (6th)
1901 AL  0.136 (7th)
Career  0.246 (227th)

Losses s c a p y
1889 AA  21 (6th)
1891 AA  20 (7th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1889 AA  162 (6th)
1891 AA  143 (7th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1889 AA  36 (4th)
Career  82 (177th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1889 AA  40 (1st)
1890 NL  20 (3rd)
1891 AA  43 (2nd)
Career  142 (25th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1889 AA  1,768 (8th)
1891 AA  1,593 (9th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1892 NL  5 (10th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1889 AA  108 (10th)

Oldest s c a p y
1901 AL  born 1863-05-01 (2nd)
1902 AL  born 1863-05-01 (2nd)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 48 (537), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 12 (869), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 1 (1990), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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